During Pahlavi period of time, the deviant cult of Bahaism was extremely criticized by the open-minded who turned to the west like Fereydoun Adamyyat, Homa Nategh and etc., too. This cult is mentioned as traitor against Iran and cooperator with the Colonialists and deviator of the Iranian Constitution movement. This deviant cult has been introduced as devotee of bourgeoisie system even by the leftist open-minded people like Ehsan Tabari, Muhammad Reza Fattahi.
Nevertheless, what must now be stressed is that the deviant cult of Bahaism is going to bridge the gap between open-mindedness of Iran and itself done by its proselytizers seriously. So, they have tried for a new reading for Bahaism reading by people like Touraj Amini, Shapour Rasekh, Nader Saeedi, Kawiyan Sadegh Zadeh Milani in the field of political and intellectual history of Iran. They try to gain a share in the Iranian Constitution movement and create a role in the national identity of Iran for themselves. Bahaism is also going to bridge the gap between itself and religious open-minded people and is also going to gain its position among new thinkers in its interpretations about God and prophet.
It is worthy to be noted that nowadays the ill west oriented open-minded movement is a means for the deviant cult of Bahaism in designing such a historical reading to acquire a position in the open-mindedness history of Iran. So that; according to the Baha’is themselves, this movement has transferred the Iranian Baha’i community from the margin to the center of the contemporary thoughts. Additionally, this west oriented ill religious, intellectual and clear movement in Iran has accepted Bahaism as a member of the Iranian civil community. So, people like Akbar Ganji mentions the barriers of accepting Bahaism community in civil one.
- Discussing about the appearance and genesis of Bahaism as a historical discussion and stating their attachment with the colonial powers
- Entrance into historical and verbal discussions of Bahaism
- It considers lack of believing and expansion of pluralism as an important barrier in entering the Baha’i community into the Iranian civil one
In this regard, Hassan Yousefi Ashkeveri who is one of the other people of this movement is even criticizing Mr. Montazeri’s judgement who doesn’t consider Bahaism as a religious minority; so, he deprives Bahaism of the basic rights and just considers citizen rights for the Baha’is and expresses hope that in the future this problem of the Iranian Baha’i community will be solved by the young scholars who will become the sources of religious authority. Consequently; according to Ashkeveri, Shia religious jurisprudence is of the basic barrier of accepting the Iranian Baha’i community as the member of the Iranian civil one.
Ahmad Zeid Abadi is one of the other ill people of this movement presents some suggestions for accepting the membership of the Baha’i community in the Iranian civil one:
- Removing the high ranking Shia clergy men’s sensitivity towards each kind of sympathy or defending the Baha’is.
- Cleaning the Iranian people’s look toward the attachment of the Baha’i community with American, British and Russian and particularly Israeli Colonialists
- Creating influential factors first in changing the views of high-ranking Shia jurisconsults and second in the system of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Based on the principles of the relations of the government and nation in the new era, a new definition about the relationships between Bahaism and the government can be acquired based on which the Baha’is will gain their basic rights and citizen ones well.
The following aims are the ones followed by the Bahaism organization through the ill open- minded movement in Iran:
- Bahaism issue exits from the order of clergymen and the sources of religious authorities
- The facilities for accepting the Baha’i community as a member of the Iranian civil one must be provided
- Bahaism issue must be exited from the formula of security and intelligent service and be changed into a quite cultural and social one.
- Omitting the historical background of the Baha’is who were in service of Colonialists and changing them into ordinary citizens.
- Entrance into discussions of human rights and citizen rights as the mere way of entering the Iranian universal community into the Iranian civil one via reformists existing inside the Iranian mere way of community like Shinn Ebadi.
One of the other important aims of the Bahaism organization is that it is not necessary for the Iranian people to become Baha’i in elementary levels extensively, but it is adequate for the Baha’is to be accepted alongside with other members of the Iranian community.
